video from Bangladesh showing an overcrowded train is being shared with a false claim that it shows a special #ShramikSpecialTrain carrying migrant workers headed from Mumbai, Maharashtra to West Bengal
News CLAIM: An old and unrelated video from Bangladesh showing an overcrowded train is being shared with a false claim that it shows a special #ShramikSpecialTrain carrying migrant workers headed from Mumbai, Maharashtra to West Bengal
Mumbai to West Bengal migrant train on 10th May 2020
Mumbai to West Bengal migrant train on 10th May 2020 pic.twitter.com/kQ1QYj89GP
— Luxy Joy (@joy_luxy) May 14, 2020
TRUTH & Verification:
It's an old video of an overcrowded train in Bangladesh from the year 2018. The video is #Fake.
Claim - video of an overcrowded train is circulating on social media with a message claiming it is Shramik Special train carrying migrants from Mumbai to West Bengal#PIBFactCheck- It's an old video of an overcrowded train in Bangladesh from the year 2018. The video is #Fake. pic.twitter.com/LEKlFUkFjf
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) May 17, 2020
VERDICT: False
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